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Chun Wang; Ping Chen; Shengyu Jiang – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2020
Many large-scale educational surveys have moved from linear form design to multistage testing (MST) design. One advantage of MST is that it can provide more accurate latent trait [theta] estimates using fewer items than required by linear tests. However, MST generates incomplete response data by design; hence, questions remain as to how to…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Items, Adaptive Testing, Maximum Likelihood Statistics
Yamamoto, Kentaro; Muraki, Eiji – 1991
The extent to which properties of the ability scale and the form of the latent trait distribution influence the estimated item parameters of item response theory (IRT) was investigated using real and simulated data. Simulated data included 5,000 ability values randomly drawn from the standard normal distribution. Real data included the results for…
Descriptors: Ability, Estimation (Mathematics), Graphs, Item Response Theory
Carlson, James E. – 1993
In this article some results are presented relating to the dimensionality of instruments containing polytomously scored as well as dichotomously scored items, concentrating on the 1992 National Assessment of Educational Progress' (NAEP) mathematics and reading assessment data and several simulated datasets. The maximum likelihood factor analytic…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Correlation, Elementary Secondary Education, Factor Analysis